Sonia Gandhi Fires 5 State Chiefs After Losing in Elections
Congress recently lost elections in 5 states. Congress president Sonia Gandhi on 15 March sacked the party's chiefs in these five states.
Earlier a group of 23 leaders had written to Sonia Gandhi calling for major organizational changes. These leaders have been unhappy with the Gandhis' leadership and have openly said Congress needs to change its functioning. Former Union Minister Kapil Sibal was one of the 23 leaders, said the Gandhis should step aside and give some other leader a chance to lead the party. He had said, "Leadership is in cuckoo land. I want a 'Sab ki Congress'. But it seems like these people only want a 'Ghar ki Congress'."
For a long time Congress leaders have been fighting within themselves and it is a very known fact that the Congress has not been working properly. The election results for Manipur, Goa, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand were recently announced. AAP won in Punjab and in the rest of the states, the BJP came to power. Congress did not win in a single state and hardly won any seats. This has been a very humiliating loss for Congress. People say that this is because the party can not function properly because there is no proper leader. They have never done so poorly in any election. Because of this, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on 15 March sacked the party's chiefs in the five states. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who took over as Punjab Congress chief eight months ago, is among the leaders who were asked to resign. Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted that the resignations were sought to "facilitate the reorganization" of the state Congress units. In her speech to senior leaders, Sonia Gandhi offered to resign along with her children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Mrs Gandhi said she and her children want to resign as they feel if they resign the party will develop. She said she is ready to make this sacrifice for the benefit of the Congress party. After a four-and-a-half-hour meeting, it was decided that Sonia Gandhi would remain party president and the party authorized her to take "effective and immediate steps" to address organizational issues.
